Art, literature & historyThe Lectern
1871
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Black chalk with smudging, scraping and erasing with traces of white chalk on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 56.5 × 41.2 cm (22 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1997.434
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Lectern — Léon Augustin Lhermitte. 1871.
Medium: Black chalk with smudging, scraping and erasing with traces of white chalk on cream laid paper. Dimensions: 56.5 × 41.2 cm (22 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.